Staying focused after Spring Break
It’s after Spring Break. For the seniors I teach, this means graduation is in sight. They’ve received admission (or rejection) from college. There&...
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Responding to student work with screencasts
I just finished up an experiment. With the first drafts of my students’ essays, instead of writing comments in Google Docs, I recorded screencasts to off...
When I need rules again…
I haven’t needed rules this year. After all, I teach AP English and Advisory 12. It’s been really easy. I think I’ve had two (somewhat) chall...
The best teaching comes with collaboration
I just finished up a mini-unit on John Brown. It was for one of my library classes. The assignment required us to work with a random partner. It was the most f...
Reading in the perfect English class
It’s Spring Break, which means I get to think about bigger things. The past few days, as I procrastinate on some of my library school assignments, I̵...